diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index e6fa6d7203..32b721ce27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           eval "$(/usr/libexec/path_helper)"
           echo "PATH=${PATH}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
           sudo tlmgr update --self
-          sudo tlmgr install latexmk isodate substr relsize ulem fixme rsfs environ layouts enumitem l3packages l3kernel imakeidx splitindex xstring
+          sudo tlmgr install latexmk isodate substr relsize ulem fixme rsfs environ layouts enumitem l3packages l3kernel imakeidx splitindex xstring collection-latexextra
 
       - name: make (Linux)
         if: matrix.cfg.os == 'ubuntu-24.04'
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c737a81a71..4f93c5dfb3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Install the `MacTeX distribution <http://tug.org/mactex/>`_.
 If you are on a slow network, you'll want to get the `BasicTeX package <http://tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html>`_ instead,
 then run the following command to install the other packages that the draft requires::
 
-   sudo tlmgr install latexmk isodate substr relsize ulem fixme rsfs extract layouts enumitem l3packages l3kernel imakeidx splitindex xstring
+   sudo tlmgr install latexmk isodate substr relsize ulem fixme rsfs extract layouts enumitem l3packages l3kernel imakeidx splitindex xstring collection-latexextra
 
 ---------------------------------------
 Getting Started on Debian-based Systems
diff --git a/source/lex.tex b/source/lex.tex
index 7547b4aa69..8533d473c8 100644
--- a/source/lex.tex
+++ b/source/lex.tex
@@ -1528,13 +1528,9 @@
 none &
 \defnx{ordinary character literal}{literal!character!ordinary} &
 \keyword{char} &
-ordinary literal &
+\multirow{2}{7em}{\!\!$\left.\vphantom{\parbox{1em}{a\\b}}\right\}$ \parbox{6em}{ordinary lit-\\eral encoding}} &
 \tcode{'v'} \\ \cline{2-3}\cline{5-5}
- &
-multicharacter literal &
-\keyword{int} &
-encoding &
-\tcode{'abcd'} \\ \hline
+ & multicharacter literal & \keyword{int} & & \tcode{'abcd'} \\ \hline
 \tcode{L} &
 \defnx{wide character literal}{literal!character!wide} &
 \keyword{wchar_t} &
diff --git a/source/std.tex b/source/std.tex
index ab1d082396..85683785c0 100644
--- a/source/std.tex
+++ b/source/std.tex
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 \usepackage[final]{microtype}
 \usepackage[splitindex,original]{imakeidx}
 \usepackage{multicol}
+\usepackage{multirow}
 \usepackage{lmodern}
 \usepackage{xcolor}
 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}